📖 Description
Grandma Susie made this rich, velvety hot fudge sauce every year as a special family treat, and it truly tastes like liquid gold. Thick, glossy, and deeply chocolatey, this homemade sauce is carefully simmered to perfection and poured into small glass jars for gifting or storing. Made with simple pantry ingredients like heavy cream, cocoa powder, sugar, and butter, it delivers an irresistibly smooth texture and luxurious flavor. Perfect for drizzling over ice cream, brownies, pancakes, or even stirring into warm milk for a decadent hot chocolate. Once you try this classic recipe, you’ll never go back to store-bought fudge sauce!
🛒 Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
👩🍳 Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa powder. Whisk to remove any lumps.
- Add heavy cream and butter to the saucepan.
- Place over medium heat and stir continuously until butter melts and mixture is smooth.
- Bring to a gentle simmer (do not boil rapidly).
- Let it simmer for 5–7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and glossy.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and a pinch of salt.
- Allow the sauce to cool slightly — it will thicken more as it cools.
- Pour into small clean glass jars and seal.
🍨 Common Uses
- Drizzle over vanilla ice cream
- Pour on brownies or chocolate cake
- Swirl into cheesecake
- Dip strawberries or bananas
- Spread over pancakes or waffles
- Stir into warm milk for homemade hot chocolate
💡 Tips
- For extra richness, add ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips while simmering.
- If sauce becomes too thick, reheat gently and add 1–2 tablespoons warm cream.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
- Warm slightly before serving for that perfect pourable texture.
- Always stir while simmering to prevent burning.